SALEM, Virginia — While former President Donald Trump projected confidence Saturday on the stage in Virginia, his supporters openly questioned whether the Republican nominee could flip the commonwealth from blue to red.

Trump’s trip to Salem comes as Republican insiders have openly been floating since the summer that 2024 will be the year that Virginia could shift from the Democratic column and into the battleground category. Virginia used to be a top battleground in 2008 and 2012 but has gone to the Democrats in the last four presidential cycles.